Vulgar clip which hurt public chastity,” also claimed that it had taken the authorities only a matter of hours to identify and arrest the participants, even though the video was uploaded a month ago. The officer, who referred to the exuberant video as “a The report also included a warning from Tehran’s police chief to the youth of Iran not to be seducedīy the filmmakers behind viral videos. #freehappyiranians Trita Parsi 21 May 14ĭuring their appearance on state television, the six said that they had no idea the footage would be broadcast. The Iranian people cannot be forced to live in a world where enrichment is a right, but happiness is not. #Iran youth arrested for making a fan video for song HAPPY. #Iran a country where being “happy” is a crime. If you dance to #Happy in Tehran, you will get arrested by regime forces! #Iran //t.co/e7Cqo3F9py

Republic of Iran look weak in the culture war being waged online.

The arrest of the young dancers, and their televised public humiliation, angered Iranians at home and abroad, and seemed to support President Rouhani’s case that such crackdowns served only to make the Islamic “Even if there is an onslaught, which there is,” he added, “the way to face it is via modern means, not passive and cowardly methods.” Grabbing onto a shield and a wooden sword, lest we take a bullet in this culture war?” he asked. “Why are we so shaky? Why have we cowered in a corner, “We must recognize our citizens’ right to connect to the World Wide Web,” the president said, according the official IRNA news agency. #Cyberspace should be seen as opportunity: facilitating two-way communication, increasing efficiency & creating jobs. His remarks were also summarized on a Twitter account updated by his aides. In a speech over the weekend, President Hassan Rouhani argued that Iran should embrace the Internet rather than view it as a threat, Reuters reported. “Happy in Tehran” was viewed more than 165,000 times on YouTube before it attracted the attention of the police and was made private. Creditīy uploading their video, recorded on an iPhone and promoted on Facebook and Instagram, the group was taking part in a global online phenomenon, which has resulted, so far, in hundreds of cover versions of the Pharrell Williams song “ Happy” recorded in more than 140 countries. An image of the 'Happy in Tehran' dancers posted on Instagram.

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